• n. 素描；略圖；梗概
• vt. 畫素描或速寫
• vi. 畫素描或速寫
• n. (Sketch)人名；(英)斯凱奇

來自拉丁語 schedium,臨時作品，來自希臘語 skhedios,臨時做的，來自 PIE*segh,持有，握住， 想出，詞源同 schema,scheme.引申諸相關詞義。

sketch

sketch: [17] Sketch comes ultimately from Greek skhédios ‘impromptu’. This reached English by a rather roundabout route: via Latin schedius, which led to a Vulgar Latin verb schediāre ‘do hastily’, source of Italian schizzare ‘make a sketch’, which in turn produced the noun schizzo ‘sketch’, borrowed into English via German skizze or Dutch schets.

sketch (n.)

"rough drawing intended to serve as the basis for a finished picture," 1660s, from Dutch schets or Low German skizze, both apparently 17c. artists' borrowings from Italian schizzo "sketch, drawing," which is commonly said to be from Latin *schedius (OED compares schedia "raft," schedium "an extemporaneous poem"), from or related to Greek skhedios "temporary, extemporaneous, done or made off-hand," related to skhema "form, shape, appearance" (see scheme (n.)). But according to Barnhart Italian schizzo is a special use of schizzo "a splash, squirt," from schizzare "to splash or squirt," of uncertain origin.

Extended sense of "brief account" is from 1660s; meaning "short play or performance, usually comic" is from 1789. Sketch-book recorded from 1820. German Skizze, French esquisse, Spanish esquicio are likewise from Italian schizzo.

sketch (v.)

1690s, "present the essential facts of," from sketch (n.). Meaning "draw, portray in outline and partial shading" is from 1725. Related: Sketched; sketcher; sketching.

1. Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.

用不同顏色的氈頭筆畫草圖，以免搞混。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The sketch should be a kind of rehearsal for the eventual painting.

草圖應該是最終繪畫的某種演練。

來自柯林斯例句

3. I had a basic sketch of a plan.

我有一個基本的計劃框架。

來自柯林斯例句

4. I always sketch with pen and paper.

我總是用鋼筆和紙畫素描。

來自柯林斯例句

5. My sister often goes into the country to sketch.

我姐姐常到鄉間去寫生.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》